playdate

UK/ˈpleɪˌdeɪt/US/ˈpleɪˌdeɪt/

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans spoken

Other forms: playdates

A playdate is an arranged afternoon of play with another child. Arrange a playdate.

It is a modern invention, since children once simply went out and found each other. A playdate is really an arrangement between two parents rather than two children.

Definitions of playdate

1nounplaydateAn arranged afternoon of play with another child.B1
“The playdate lasted two hours and ended in tears twice.”

playdate is an arrangement.

Where it comes from

Play plus date; the word is American and dates from the 1970s.

From play + date.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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playdate

UK/ˈpleɪˌdeɪt/US/ˈpleɪˌdeɪt/

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans spoken

Other forms: playdates

A playdate is an arranged afternoon of play with another child. Arrange a playdate.

It is a modern invention, since children once simply went out and found each other. A playdate is really an arrangement between two parents rather than two children.

Definitions of playdate

1nounplaydateAn arranged afternoon of play with another child.B1
“The playdate lasted two hours and ended in tears twice.”

playdate is an arrangement.

Where it comes from

Play plus date; the word is American and dates from the 1970s.

From play + date.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA